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minus-squareGoblinmancer [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoTrue but riot games and activision blizzard also doing mass layoffs???
minus-squareTrudge [Comrade]linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoThat was always Riot’s plan to overhire first and lay off a portion. Blizzard’s cleaning house after the acquisition by MS. Ghoulish still, but done for different reasons.
minus-squareSubstantialNothingness [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoHigher rate environment, money isn’t cheap anymore and companies can’t keep up their rate of growth. It’s not just in the gamedev industry, it’s hit almost every industry.
True but riot games and activision blizzard also doing mass layoffs???
That was always Riot’s plan to overhire first and lay off a portion. Blizzard’s cleaning house after the acquisition by MS.
Ghoulish still, but done for different reasons.
Higher rate environment, money isn’t cheap anymore and companies can’t keep up their rate of growth. It’s not just in the gamedev industry, it’s hit almost every industry.